Despite being one of the best young batsmen of his generation, Hughes has never played more than three consecutive home Test matches for Australia. Like Matt Hayden before him, Hughes has suffered injustice from the Australian selectors

A Straight Bat: Despite his inconsistency and poor scores, Marsh has been prefered to Usman Khawaja and Phil Hughes by Australian selectors who are besotted by his myth. They look at Marsh and see his father's son, but their romantic ideal does not exist